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δύναμις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 수학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύναμις δυνάμεως

Structure: δυναμι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from du/namai

Sense

  1. power, might, strength
  2. ability, skill
  3. power, authority, influence
  4. force of war
  5. manifestation of divine power: miracle
  6. faculty, capacity
  7. worth, value
  8. The force of a word: meaning
  9. (mathematics) square root
  10. (mathematics) power

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὃ γὰρ δυνάμι τε καὶ αἰδοῖ Τρηχῖνοσ προβέβηκε, σὺ δ’ εὖ μάλα οἶσθα καὶ αὐτόσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 33:4)
  • ἢν δὲ γλῶσσα μελαίνηται καὶ ὄγκοσ ἐν τοῖσι ὑποχονδρίοισι σημαίνῃ, ὑπ’ ἀνάγκησ τῇ σικύῃ χρέεσθαι· ἐπὴν δὲ πρὸσ τῷ μήκεϊ τοῦ χρόνου κενωθήσεται τῇσι αἰσθήσεσι, τἄλλα δ’ εὐπετέστερον φέρῃ, τῇ κορυφῇ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ προσβάλλειν· ἄλυπον γὰρ τῇ δυνάμι τὸ ἐντεῦθεν κενοῦν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 117)
  • Ἐλλεβορισμοί· ἐλλέβοροσ λευκὸσ μὲν τῆσ ἄνω κοιλίησ κάθαρσισ· μέλασ δὲ τῆσ κάτω· καὶ ἔστιν ὁ λευκὸσ οὐκ ἐμετήριον μοῦνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ξυμπάντων ὁμοῦ καθαρτηρίων ὁ δυνατώτατοσ , οὐ τῷ πλήθεϊ καὶ τῇ ποικιλίῃ τῆσ ἐκκρίσιοσ· τόδε γὰρ καὶ χολέρη πρήσσει·‐‐ οὐδ’ ἐντάσεσι καὶ βίῃ τῇσι ἐπὶ τοῖσι ἐμέτοισὶ,‐‐ ἐσ τόδε γὰρ ναυτίη καὶ θάλασσα κρέσσον · ἀλλὰ δυνάμι καὶ ποιότητι οὔτι φαύλῃ, τῇπερ καὶ ὑγιέασ τοὺσ κάμνοντασ ποιέει, καὶ ἐπ’ ὀλίγῃ τῇ καθάρσι, καὶ ἐπὶ σμικρῇ τῇ ἐντάσι· ἀτὰρ καὶ πάντων τῶν χρονίων νοσημάτων ἐσ Ῥίξαν ἱδρυμέν ων, ἢν ἀπαυδήσῃ τὰ λοιπὰ ἄκεα, τόδε μοῦνον ἰητήριο ν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 124)
  • οὕτω τριτημορίη ἡ Ἀσσυρίη χώρη τῇ δυνάμι τῆσ ἄλλησ Ἀσίησ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 192 3:1)
  • ὁτέοισι μέν νυν αὐτῶν ἀλκίμοισι ἐνετύγχανε καὶ δεινῶσ γλιχομένοισι περὶ τῆσ ἐλευθερίησ, τούτοισι μὲν στήλασ ἐνίστη ἐσ τὰσ χώρασ διὰ γραμμάτων λεγούσασ τό τε ἑωυτοῦ οὔνομα καὶ τῆσ πάτρησ, καὶ ὡσ δυνάμι τῇ ἑωυτοῦ κατεστρέψατο σφέασ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 102 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. power

  2. ability

  3. power

  4. force of war

  5. worth

  6. square root

  7. power

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